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Introduction to Blood Flow, Pressure, and Resistance

Pulmonary circulation

Pulmonary circulation

Pulmonary circulation is the half of the cardiovascular system that carries oxygen-depleted blood away from the heart to the lungs and returns oxygenated blood back to the heart.

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